1886. Graphic, 30 Jan., p. 130, col. 1. A policeman is also called … a ‘frog,’ the last-named because he is supposed to jump, as it were, suddenly upon guilty parties.
2. (common).—A Frenchman. Also froggy and frog-eater. [Formerly a Parisian; the shield of whose city bore three toads, while the quaggy state of the streets gave point to a jest common at Versailles before 1791: Qu’en disent les grenouilles? i.e., What do the frogs (the people of Paris) say?]
1883. Referee, 15 July, p. 7, col. 3. While Ned from Boulogne says ‘Oui mon brave,’ The Froggies must answer for ‘Tamatave.’
3. (popular).—A foot. For synonyms, see Creepers.
To frog on, verb. phr. (American).—To get on; to prosper frogging-on = success.
Frog-and-Toad, subs. (rhyming).—The main road.
Frog-and-Toe, subs. (American thieves’).—The city of New York.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, or Rogue’s Lexicon, p. 35. Coves, let us frog-and-toe, coves, let us go to New York.
Froglander, subs. (old).—A Dutchman. Cf., frog, sense 2.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Canting Crew, s.v.